On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Gary Funck wrote: > Soundex might be a practical solution. Perhaps a manageable approach > is to first apply a spelling check using both a regular dictionary > and augmenting it with a set of spammer mis-spellings. Then, send the > output of that step into Soundex. The Soundex is a heuristic for catching > the creative alternative spellings that didn't make it into the custom > spelling dictionary, or need not be put in the custom dictionary because > soundex picks up the alternatives.
IIRC, Soundex is biased toward English/Western European; something like Metaphone might be a better choice. -- Bob ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
